Hi Paul,
Thank you for the information, I will look for clamdscan and schedule
scans to run every couple of hours.
I have a number of windows server 2003 that I'm trying to protect
without using commercial software.
I'm using esva (a mailscanner implementation) to protect my mail
servers, but I need something for the file systems of my servers.
I would appreciate ideas on how people are doing this without using
commercial software.
Regards
Mark
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From: clamav-win32-bounces@lists.clamav.net
[mailto:clamav-win32-bounces@lists.clamav.net] On Behalf Of Paul Whelan
Sent: Monday, 30 November 2009 11:39 PM
To: clamav-win32@lists.clamav.net
Subject: Re: [clamav-win32] Beginners Question
On 29 Nov 2009 at 18:08, Mark Gregory wrote:
>
> Does clamd scan files used on the hard disk as they get used or do I
> need to schedule daily hard disk scans?
There is no on-access scanning with the Windows version, so schedule
scans if you want
to. (Clamd by itself doesn't scan anything.)
> What I suppose I'm asking is the best practice for using clamd to
> protect a computer.
Clamd is a fast memory-resident scanner which holds all the signature
definitions in
memory. To use it you need to run clamdscan or another application which
uses the clamd
interface.
You may find the FAQ section at clamwin.com helpful for a starter:
http://www.clamwin.com/content/category/3/7/27/ Note: although the clamwin product is kept up-to-date, it does not
include
clamd/clamdscan.
Bear in mind that Clamav is designed primarily as a gateway
mail-scanner, and you may
find that if you want to install protection on a user's workstation,
there are other
products specifically designed for that job. (Some of them at the same
price as Clamav.)
Personally, I use clamav at the mail server, and a different A/V system
on end-user
machines.
HTH, paul
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